Stand-pipe for railway uses.



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UNITED STATES JOHN WILSON THOMAS, JR.,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

STAND-PIPE FOR RAILWAY USES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 709,376, dated September 16, 1902.

Application filed January 22, 1902. Serial No. 90,828. (No model.)

To all whom. t nut/y con/cern:`

. Beit known that I, JOHN WILSON THOMAS,

l Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resideut of Nashville, in the county of Davidson pipes or so-called watercranes which are` located at intervals` along railway-tracks for `the purpose of supplying locomotive-tendersv with water. i

The characteristic of my invention is that the stand-pipe is movable lengthwise of the railway-track in Whose vicinity it is located. This I believe to be broadly new with me.

It is quite a dit'icult matter, particularly when a locomotive is coupled to a train, to

to the stand-pipe.

stop the tender immediately opposite the water-column or stand-pipe, and after stop is once made if the tender is not in. the right place it becomes necessary eitherto move the whole train or to uncouple and cut the en,- gine oiffrom the `trainand move it up alone To avoid this, I make the stand-pipe movable bodily lengthwise of the I track. `to allow it a range of movement ot', say, four 3o For practical purposes it will suffice feet each` way from the central position.

In the accompanying drawings, to which I l shall now refer for a better understanding of my invention, Figure 1 is a sectional side elei vation of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a crosssection; and Fig. 3 is a plan of the same, the

Vspout which projects laterally from the upf perend cf thestand-pipe being omitted. Fig.

4 is a cross-section of a modilication.

The vstand-pipe or Vwater-crane itself can he of any ordinary or suitable construction. As shown in the drawings, it consists of a vertical stand-pipe or column 1,'having at its upper end the usual laterally-projecting spout a and'valve lever or handle l) audsupported at its `base by a valve-box. 2, into which it `opens and upon which it swivels, so as to be capable ofaxial rotation in the customary Way. The valve-box is mounted on and secured to a carriage 4, surmounted by a bell- ,casting 3, which` forms a bearing and steadying sleeve for the stand-pipe 1, which passes The wheels of the carriage run on bottom `rails 6, which extend lengthwise of the railway-track alongside of which the watercrane is placed, and above the wheels are [placed top rails 7 to prevent the carriage from tipping over. The carriage, as well as Athe track on which it runs, is placed in a suitable pit 14, and the carriage is moved and adjusted by proper instrumentalities, typilied by the pinion 12 and its actuating-shaft and hand-wheel 13 and therack 11. The

pinion canA be mounted on the carriage, and

the rack can be secured to one of the walls of the pit, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, or the rack can be on the carriage and the pinion and its appurtenances can be supported in bearings in the pit, as indicated `in Fig. 4.

in the present instance I have shown a tele scopic joint consisting of a pipe-section 8, i

which is attached to and moves with the valve-box 2 and projecting into the stationary water-supply pipe 9, in which it`can slide back and forth, the joint between this pipesection 8 andthe fixed water-supply pipe 9 being made water-tight by a stuffing-box lO. In case .it should be found that under this arrangement the water-pressure renders it diilicult to move the carriage tothe right, the pressure can be-equalized, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, by adding an additional pipe-section 8 on the opposite `endA of the valve-box 2, working in a fixed supplyconduit 9', having stufling-box 10', the conduit 9 communicating with the `conduit 9 through a run-around pipe 17.

Having now described my invention and the manner in which the same is or Vmay be carried into effect, I state in conclusion that I do not restrict myself to the structural de- IOO ials herein shown and. described in illustratration of my invention, for manifestly the same can be widely varied without departure from the principle of the invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy `l. A stand-pipe or Water-crane for railway uses movable and adjustable bodily lengthwise of the railway-track alongside of which it is located substantially as described.

2. A stand-pipe or Water-crane for railway uses movable lengthwise of the track alongside of which it is located, and swiveled so as to be capable of axial rotation, substantially as described.

3. A stand-pipe or water-crane for railway uses, movable and adjustable bodily lengthwise of the track alongside of which it is located, in combination with a source of Watersupply and eXtensible connections between the'same and the water-crane, substantially as described.

4. A stand-pipe or water-crane for railway uses movable and adjustable bodily lengthwise of the track alongside of which it is located, in combination with a source of watersupply and pressure-equalizing extensible connections between the same and the watercrane, substantially as described.

lIn testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of January, 1902.

JOHN WILSON THOMAS JR.

Vitnesses: R. T. SAUNDERS,

0. W. GRANT. 

